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{{Infobox civilian attack
| title = 2004 Jalna Mosque bomb attack
| image =
| caption =
|map= {{Location map|India
|width = 300
|float = right
|label = Jalna
|marksize = 8
|lat_deg = 19 | lat_min = 49
|lon_deg = 75 | lon_min = 52
}}
| map_caption =
| location = [[Jalna, Maharashtra]], India
| coordinates =
| target = Praying Muslim civilians<ref name=bomb />
| date = 27 August 2004
| time = 1.45 PM
| timezone = +8 GMT
| type = Bombing<ref name=bomb />
| fatalities = 0
| injuries = 18
| perps =
| susperps =
| weapons =
}}
{{Violence against Muslims in India}}

The '''2004 Jalna Mosque bomb attack''' comprises two separate crude bomb attacks at local mosques in [[Jalna, Maharashtra]] on 27 August 2004.<ref name=bomb>{{cite news|title='Bomb blasts' at Indian mosques|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3605078.stm|access-date=18 August 2016|work=[[BBC News]]|date=27 August 2004}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Hearing in Jalna Mosque Bomb Blast Case Begins|url=http://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/hearing-in-jalna-mosque-bomb-blast-case-begins/704074|access-date=18 August 2016|publisher=[[Outlook (Indian magazine)|Outlook]]|date=7 December 2010}}</ref> According to senior police officer, the first blast occurred at Kadriya Masjid in Jalna at 1:45 pm and the second explosion occurred barely 15 minutes later at another mosque on the outskirts of Poorna town in [[Parbhani district]].<ref>{{cite book|last1=Chaudhary|first1=Praveen Kumar|title=Communal Crimes and National Integration: A Socio-legal Study|year=2011|publisher=Readworthy|isbn=9789350180402|page=108|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YsL-7mlzEY8C&q=Jalna+Mosque+bomb&pg=PA108|access-date=18 August 2016|language=en}}</ref> The attacks were carried out during Friday prayer and total 18 people were injured.<ref>{{cite news|title=Bomb attacks, arson in Maharashtra; 18 hurt|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040828/main1.htm|access-date=18 August 2016|publisher=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)]]}}</ref> Later on 18 July 2012 all seven accused were acquitted in the case due to lack of evidence by a district and sessions court.<ref>{{cite news|title=Lack of proof bails out 7 Jalna blast suspects|url=http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib:LowLevelEntityToPrint_TOINEW&Type=text/html&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOIM/2012/07/20&ID=Ar01202|access-date=18 August 2016|work=[[The Times of India]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160828034624/http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Repository/getFiles.asp?Style=OliveXLib%3ALowLevelEntityToPrint_TOINEW&Type=text%2Fhtml&Locale=english-skin-custom&Path=TOIM%2F2012%2F07%2F20&ID=Ar01202|archive-date=28 August 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== References ==
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